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Lords Grand Committee

14 July 2026

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The Minister presents the 2026 regulations replacing the carriers, brokers and dealers registration system with a permit-based regime under the Environment Agency, situating the changes within the wider waste crime action plan, tighter exemptions and digital waste tracking reforms.

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Minister: introduction of new waste permitting regime

15:30

Minister: introduction of waste permitting SI

15:30

Peers’ scrutiny of SI — implementation, enforcement and NCA role

20:29

Committee question; cross-party welcome for SI

20:29

Peer: legacy waste sites and permit reform

22:16

Peer: detailed questions on exemptions, tracking and enforcement

25:27

Opposition benches: strong support and call for NCA lead

28:07

Waste permitting SI — Minister’s assurances and closure

31:34

Minister: monitoring, action plan and digital tracking

31:34

Minister: NCA role and multi‑agency waste crime review

39:08

Minister: flexibility of arrangements and closure of waste SI debate

40:27

Minister: introduction to ECITB levy order and merger context

43:00

Minister (Baroness Smith): introduce ECITB levy order and potential ITB merger

43:00

Minister: levy rates, revenue and skills impact 2026–28

46:11

Peers: support for levy and scrutiny of impacts and governance

49:42

Baroness Coffey: questions on outcomes, reporting and charity status

49:42

Liberal Democrat peer: backing for construction levy

54:06

Opposition frontbench: support for ECITB levy and wider skills context

58:30

Opposition frontbench: detailed questions on policy impacts and levy value

01:02:04

Minister: responses on ECITB performance and wider skills strategy

01:03:47

Minister: ECITB outcomes, completion rates and governance

01:03:47

Minister: wider skills investment, apprenticeships and employer incentives

01:08:30

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Lords Grand Committee

14 July 2026

Lords Grand Committee Tue, 14 Jul 2026 Actual start 10:45 House of Lords

15:29 - 15:44

Speaker 1

Good morning everyone. Environmental Permitting Waste Controlling or Transporting and Relevant Functions of Primary Authorities Amendment England Regulations 2026. Baroness Hayman of Ullock.

15:44 - 16:48

Speaker 2

My Lords. The Environmental Permitting Waste Controlling or Transporting and Relevant Functions of Primary Authorities Amendment England Regulations 2026 were laid before the House on the 20th of May 2026.

I would like to acknowledge the work of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee in their review of this statutory instrument. The Committee's scrutiny is a vital part of our legislative process, ensuring that the policy intentions behind secondary legislation are clear and well-founded. Waste crime blights our communities. Across our streets, fields and woodlands, criminals dump waste illegally. This is an eyesore and causes damage to our environment.

A light-touch registration system for those who transport and deal in waste has been exploited over the years by waste cowboys who dump waste and leave a huge clean-up bill. So this system is not fit for purpose. Today we seek to reform it, introducing stricter checks and requirements, closing the loopholes that allow illegal operators into our waste system.

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